Dust Collection System's

[Roy from Pa]

There was a slight problem, the package had some damage on the ends. When I opened it up, the remote control was broken up pretty bad, but still worked. I called Grizzly, the lady was very nice and helpful and they are sending me another remote.. She even called back today to confirm sending me a new remote.

[Ranger44]

Like others have said you really need more than one type of filter.  A dust collector is great at the point of source and the whole room filter is good for the smaller stuff left in the air.  If you are really concerned I would use a respirator made to filter dust, not fumes.  

I used to have a great wood shop and had to go to the respirator when sanding black walnut.  It took me a while to figure out that it was the finest black walnut dust that was making me sick.  I got almost flu-like symptoms.  

Like was mentioned above it's the accumulation over time that will get you.  You won't feel it creeping up on you.

Making the air cleaner from a blower fan and filters will save you about 90% of the cost of a commercial one and it's really easy.

Good luck!

[Ranger44]

Sorry about repeating info others had said.  I somehow missed reading page two before I responded.

[Roy from Pa]

Ranger, that is what I have had the past 3 months, flu like symptoms. I also finally figured out it was the dust. I now have a shop vac at the bandsaw and sander, the Grizz air cleaner, and have been wearing a good mask.

[Ranger44]

Glad to hear you got it taken care of Roy.  Another thing with many shop vacs is that they throw a lot of fine particles back into the air.    If you can keep yourself a decent distance from the vacs exhaust and let the filter get it that will help a lot.

[Dano]

See now Roy, that's the first thing I liked about Grizz, they have such good customer service, second great machines, but service goes a long ways.

[Mike Mecredy]

Harbor frieght sells them at a great price.

[Roy from Pa]

Well I got the dust under control, but I'm still feeling a little ill with flu like symptoms and stuffy nose. Waiting to hear about some tests I had done today.

[AALLFAB]

I just went through this real fast but has anyone mentioned that the ducting builds a lot of static and a discharge of static electricity into fine dust has Been known to start fires so ground the ducting plastic or metal. Jim

[Teagus]

My last shop had the room for a Torrit 3-phase run off of a rotary Phase converter. I had the luxury of all machines tied into a rigid pvc system running around two walls. I am now downsized to two bays of a three bay garage. I now have a large Delta bag collector. It has two intake ports down at the bottom. I have three spindle sanders, 4 ft beltsander, bandsaw,
planer, jointer. totally frustrated with doing the hose dance every time I switch machines.
Anybody in this boat?

[Roy from Pa]

Oh ya, I gotta move the hose from machine to machine too.

[Ranger44]

I had a floor sweep and a couple of locations to connect to the hoses.  I used a combination of PVC and regular dust collector hose.  One was stationary at the radial arm saw and the other moved from machine to machine.  I did have the whole system grounded with copper wire to avoid static electricity build-up.  I found a little book/pamphlet that showed hot to do the grounding.  It worked quite well.

[Pennsyltuckey pete]

Shop vac clamped to the tool and a good dust mask.

pete

[michaelschwister]

I wear a respirator, and do my sanding outside and try to stay upwind.  I also use a shopvac on my saws and sanders, with the garage door open. Also wash my cloths immediately after I am done.

[Roy from Pa]

Got the Grizzly mounted in place tonight. Really sweet unit. Hanging from 4 chains and this thing doesn't vibrate at all. And the air in the shop is so much cleaner. All I need to do now is dress up the power cord to get it closer to the wall away from the tillering tree.

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[Shaun]

Not all dust is created equal. I find walnut to be annoying, osage makes me feel ill and yew makes me feel like I am dying! The toxic effects of some dusts can be cumulative and reaction to them can become more severe with continued exposure. John Shultz developed a severe allergy to yew and had to quit working with it. Don't be macho about exotic wood dusts - use safe procedures and good dust control. Good topic Roy!

[Dano]

Very good advice Shaun!!

[Roy from Pa]

What about cutting and sanding fiberglass bow's? I only ever tried it once and it destroyed my bandsaw blade. I'm now wondering if maybe it was the fiberglass that really messed me up. This was 2 months ago I made that bow. Dano ? Shaun ?

[Dano]

Any things possible Roy, but guy's I know that make glass bows don't seem to be affected. Swine flu that's what I think, did you kill a hog?    

[Roy from Pa]

Thanks Ole Timer:) No hogs for me..